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Daisy-Mae

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suesgirls · 22/04/2010 10:39

Hi, i'm due another little lady soon who i am planning to name Daisy-Mae or Daisy-May. I already have a 2 year old called Lexie-Rose so I definately want the hyphen in there.

Do you like Daisy-Mae or Daisy-May?

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confusedfirsttimemum · 22/04/2010 16:29

Deathstare- Yes, but I think it can hurt your chances of becoming the lawyer. People shouldn't, but if they see a CV from a Daisy-Mae, they will make assumptions about what that person is like. Not at a conscious "ooh, don't employ someone with that name" level, but at a deeper level. That could affect Daisy-Mae's chances of making it through the sift to interview.

Of course, by the time our kids are grown up, everyone will have 'wacky' names, so maybe that will stop...

debaronz · 22/04/2010 17:11

I prefer the May spelling to Mae.

How about

Daisy Marie
Daisy Mia
Daisy Melissa
Daisy Marianne
Daisy Claire
Daisy Amber
Eleanor Daisy
Isabel Daisy
Maisie Jasmine
Maisie Sophia
Maisie Amelia

MadameCastafiore · 22/04/2010 17:16

Vile vile vile - why would you want lots of little kids running aorund with soundy alike names all with matching hyphens???

Sounds like white trash deep south to me!

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suesgirls · 22/04/2010 17:18

How about Daisy-Jo? is this better than Mae?? I wanted to stick with the hypen to be honest.

I knew i would get chavvy comments but i'm not bothered

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weegiemum · 22/04/2010 17:27

Why not use Margaret as her Birth Certificate name and NN Daisy? Then she would have a "formal" name and a child's name as well?

GetOrfMoiLand · 22/04/2010 17:30

My aunt was christened Mandy-Lou (her cousin was born 3 months previously and was called Amanda Louise, apparetntly the family row was one to behold).

My aunt hated the name and is just known as Mandy now. Nobody can be taken seriously with a hypenhated name.

JeMeSouviens · 22/04/2010 17:32

My niece is Daisy-May, her dad is the only one that uses the full name, everyone else just calls her Daisy.

IMO Daisy is a great name for a cow.

usualsuspect · 22/04/2010 17:33

padraig Thu 22-Apr-10 15:39:18
Sorry but it SCREAMS chavvy teenage mother on a council estate.

5DollarShake · 22/04/2010 17:36

Daisy-Jo sounds even more Deep South, Waltons, Billy-Bob-down-the-farm-milking-cows-rebel-yell than Daisy-May/Mae.

Suesgirls - I really don't think this is the best forum for you to get feedback on on this name choice, as so far it has been a resounding and overwhelming 'no' to hyphenating Daisy-May/Mae, and even just Daisy and May/Mae have been roundly rejected.

I honestly don't think everyone is going to pile back in now and say, 'oh, Daisy-Jo - yes, that's so much better and classier - go with that!!'

If you like it go with it, but I really don't think you're going to get your validation here.

EvilTwins · 22/04/2010 17:44

My DD is Daisy, and I love it as a name, but I think that Daisy-May/Mae is dreadful TBH. I know a woman whose DD is Daisy May and I think it's realy twee - a big country and western singer/stripper I'm afraid. We considered Louisa as a middle name for our Daisy and ditched it on the grounds that Daisy Lou has the same kind of connotations. We went for Ophelia as a mn in the end, so I guess she can choose to be that when she's older if she thinks Daisy is too childish.

MamaLazarou · 22/04/2010 17:44

They are both horrible, sorry. Why not just Daisy?

Bewler · 22/04/2010 17:46

Makes me wanna say "did y'all see Daisy-May's purty dress at the barn dance the other naight?"

sassysass · 22/04/2010 17:51

Daisy-Mae or May is awful. I really am not keen on Daisy either.

I switched on the TV the other day, Jeremy Kyle was on and I got sucked in to listening to the DNA results. They were a really rough couple (the mum had no front teeth) and the baby was called Daisy.

In a northern accent it's even worse - Deer-ze.

5DollarShake · 22/04/2010 17:53

"and I got sucked in to listening to the DNA results"

seaturtle · 22/04/2010 18:16

I like Daisy. Not a hyphen person either, but that's just me. Daisy-Mae doesn't sound chavvy at all. It's better than Daisy-Jo Old fashioned names like this seem to be making a comeback. I know a little Bella Rose. Go for it Suesgirls!

ZZZenAgain · 22/04/2010 18:18

May rather than Mae IYAM but not too keen on the name tbh - sounds a bit hillbilly to me - sorry

padraig · 22/04/2010 18:31

@ usualsuspect

If you had grown up in Essex recently or lived in or around a London council estate (or even use London public transport enough) then you'd think Daisy was chav-tastic too

Oh and I saw that Jeremy Kyle episode (I really hate daytime TV), that couple were deeply unpleasant.

MaisietheMorningsideCat · 22/04/2010 18:32

Sounds too much like Dizzy Mare

boodleboot · 22/04/2010 18:33

goodness what a crop of miserable old wotsits posting today....

in answer to your actual question suesgirls (which is all she actually asked for people!!!) i prefer Daisy-Mae.

HandsOffMyDrum · 22/04/2010 18:35

Please please neither

Sorry!

muggglewump · 22/04/2010 18:37

It goes really well with Lexie-Rose, but I don't think that's a good thing, sorry.

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maltesermuncher · 22/04/2010 18:46

I think it's an awful name, but it's your choice to call your daughter whatever you like.

You did ask though.

MaisietheMorningsideCat · 22/04/2010 18:46

If not liking Daisy-Mae or Daisy-May makes me a miserable old wotsit, then cheese me up!